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USA Today:
People know the consequences: Opposing view — Why did France allow the tabloid to provoke Muslims? — Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression …
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MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY — Bill Donohue comments on the killing of 12 people at the Paris office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo: — Killing in response to insult, no matter how gross, must be unequivocally condemned. That is why what happened in Paris cannot be tolerated.
George Packer / New Yorker:
The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders — The murders today in Paris are not a result of France's failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies. They're not about French military action against the Islamic State in the Middle East, or the American invasion of Iraq before that.
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Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney.com, Guardian, Bloomberg View, Telegraph, Betsy's Page, Raw Story, The Great Debate and Joanne Jacobs, more at Mediagazer »
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Europe Is Under Siege — The European Parliament complex in Brussels, where I happen to be sitting at the moment, is meant to be a monument to post-World War II continental ideals of peaceable integration, tolerance, free speech, and openness. All of these notions seem to be under attack at once …
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Chicago Boyz, Ricochet and Wall Street Journal
NBC News:
Paris Attack Suspect Dead, Two in Custody, U.S. Officials Say — One of the suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has been killed and the two others are in custody, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News on Wednesday. — Authorities earlier had identified …
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris — The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was in my view a strategic strike, aiming at polarizing the French and European public.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Blasphemy We Need — In the wake of the vicious murders …
The Blasphemy We Need — In the wake of the vicious murders …
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New York Times:
Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services
Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services
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Daily Mail, Liberaland, Jay Bookman and NPR
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Don't let murderers pretend their crimes are about cartoons
Don't let murderers pretend their crimes are about cartoons
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The Federalist, Althouse, Politico, Hot Air, Washington Post, Washington Center …, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and The Dish, more at Mediagazer »
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
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Guardian, The Long War Journal, National Review, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post and Newseum
Reuters:
Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack
Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
Arthur Goldhammer / Fact-Based, In-Depth News:
Let's not sacralize Charlie Hebdo
Let's not sacralize Charlie Hebdo
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The Glittering Eye, more at Mediagazer »
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
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Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post, The Mahablog and Taylor Marsh
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Internal CNN memo: ‘We are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons’
Internal CNN memo: ‘We are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons’
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Confusion as French Hunt Magazine Attack Suspects
Confusion as French Hunt Magazine Attack Suspects
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CNNMoney.com, ABC News, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Heavy.com, Hit & Run, Poynter and The PJ Tatler
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Durbin: ‘Now is the time’ to raise gas tax — Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says he thinks “now is the time” to raise the gas tax, which hasn't been touched by Congress in over 20 years. — “I think now is the time to do it, but we ought to do it in a thoughtful way,” Durbin said on Wednesday.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Support builds for medical device tax repeal — A bipartisan group of lawmakers predicted Wednesday that the House could repeal ObamaCare's tax on medical device sales by the end of March. — Republicans have pushed to roll back the tax for years, and have insisted for months …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
It's All Right with Sam — Samuel A. Alito Jr. may be the least recognizable of Supreme Court justices. I doubt if one American in a thousand could pick him out of a lineup. Those who do know the name, if not the face, of the 64-year-old justice most likely lump him with the other conservatives …
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Washington Monthly, SCOTUSblog and Election Law Blog
Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune:
John Cornyn Steps Up, Says He'll Spare the Whip … WASHINGTON, D.C. — For several years now, the most powerful Texan in Washington has been the Senate's No. 2 Republican, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. When Republicans took control of the Senate on Tuesday, he became even more so.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner defends retribution — A day after winning his third term as Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio) said his conference had begun a “family conversation” about how to respond to the 25 conservatives who revolted and voted against him on the floor. — Boehner confirmed that the Rules …
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Hot Air
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner may let dissenters off the hook
Boehner may let dissenters off the hook
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BarbWire.com, Daily Signal, The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Dumbest 57 Seconds Ever On TV? — Adam Baldwin linked to this MSNBC clip with a succinct tweet “Spot the morons/cowards.” — All due respect to Adam, but his understatement is almost a scandal. We've posted a lot of incredibly stupid sound bites from MSNBC and other places around here …
San Francisco Chronicle:
IMAGE 1 OF 15 — Menus across the Bay Area were being hastily rewritten Wednesday after a federal judge struck down California's ban on foie gras, allowing restaurants to serve up the delicacy for the first time in two years. — U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson in Los Angeles ruled …
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Guardian, The Toast, New York Times, Reuters, Inside Scoop SF, PETA, Washington Times and Bloomberg Politics
Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Christie's Re-Election Campaign Gets Subpoena — Prosecutors Seek Documents Relating to Meetings Allegedly Canceled With Jersey City's Mayor — Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have subpoenaed Gov. Chris Christie's re-election campaign for documents relating to government meetings …
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susiemadrak.com and Politico
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In G.O.P., a Divide of Ideology and Age — WASHINGTON — Three years before he ran for president in 2008, a newly slim Mike Huckabee peddled a book with a title that doubled as a lecture: “Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.” Now, as Mr. Huckabee considers a second White House run …
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Washington Monthly and Political Wire
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Tech group finds firm legal footing for reclassifying Web — A trade group representing major technology companies said the Federal Communications Commission would be on firm legal footing if it reclassified the Internet as a public utility. — The Internet Association said changes …
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